IT Desktop Engineer Salary in Philadelphia, PA

How much does an IT Desktop Engineer make in Philadelphia, PA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an IT Desktop Engineer in Philadelphia, PA is $63,195. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $57,187 to $70,535, with most professionals earning between $51,718 and $77,218.

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Manage projects and coordinate available resources for appropriate coverage.

September 22, 2022

Implements new approaches, and/or technologies to develop solutions meeting customer's needs.

December 02, 2022

Demonstrates the ability to function and stay focused in constant pressure, fast-growing and ever-changing organization.

February 05, 2023

Create internal operating policies, processes, and procedures consistent with IT best practices and service level agreements to ensure service availability.

March 01, 2023

Leads peers to resolve complex issues consistent with divisional/organizational goals.

March 02, 2023

Develop and work with other DHTS/Department teams to implement best practices such as incident and problem management, change control procedures, site documentation, and cross-training.

March 20, 2023

Works with multiple customers, stakeholders, and system owners to produce requirements, determine feasibility, analyze cost/benefits requirements, and recommend design solution options.

April 03, 2023

Support testing and deployment of new apps and systems.

April 11, 2023

Provide 1st and 2nd level support to PC technicians at primary location and remote sites, for PC, end user computing hardware and software related issues.

May 11, 2023

Understanding the management of virtualized environments to include VMWare and Cisco UCS.

May 15, 2023

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Average Salary Range for IT Desktop Engineer in Philadelphia, PA

Average Base Salary

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57187

70535

63195

Average Total Cash Compensation

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58154

72440

64558

What is the average salary for IT Desktop Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of IT Desktop Engineer in Philadelphia, PA. The base salary for IT Desktop Engineer ranges from $57,187 to $70,535 with the average base salary of $63,195. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $58,154 to $72,440 with the average total cash compensation of $64,558.

View Average Salary for IT Desktop Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$63,195	$57,187 - $70,535
Bonus	$1,363	$967 - $1,906
Total Pay	$64,558	$58,154 - $72,440

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

IT Desktop Engineer Salary Near Philadelphia, PA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Camden, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $57,469 - $70,882	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE West Chester, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $56,754 - $70,000	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Doylestown, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,887 - $72,631	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Trenton, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $59,067 - $72,854	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Wilmington, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $56,862 - $70,134	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE New Castle, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $56,862 - $70,134	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA

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About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017[update]. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, wit...

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